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Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Modiin Ilit
Jerusalem, Israel · Asia
About Modiin Ilit
Modiin Ilit works well as a base: 24km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Modiin Ilit is in Jerusalem, Israel, with about 76,000 people. You drive on the right here.
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What is there to see near Modiin Ilit?
Within an hour or so of Modiin Ilit: Yad Vashem (22 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (24 km), Jerusalem Old City (25 km), Western Wall (Wailing Wall) (25 km).
Are there any good drives near Modiin Ilit?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Modiin Ilit?
Modiin Ilit is in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 76,374
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Jerusalem
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 31.9322, 35.0442
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Worth the detour from Modiin Ilit
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Jerusalem Old City
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Dome of the Rock
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan)
A Jaffa hummus counter running since 1971, famous for masabacha made with whole chickpeas and extra tahini. It sells out and closes by mid-afternoon, and the queue starts well before that.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Old Jaffa
One of the oldest port cities in the world with 4,000 years of history, now an artists' quarter with galleries, restaurants, and views of Tel Aviv's skyline.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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